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Programming Books With Exercises

I feel one learns a programming language the best by working with it.

There are some programming books that use this idea, by including exercises at the end of each chapter. I find that I enjoy this kind of books a lot more, and I get to a productive level much faster than I would if I just read the book and only tried certain parts on the computer.

I am interested in the names of these books, no matter which language. I am a Software Engineering student and adding a language to my portfolio only makes me a better engineer. Please name here the books you know which contain exercises at the end of chapters or even books consisting only of exercises! I will be checking them all.

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Re: Programming Books With Exercises

Two recommendations:

For python- I can't recommend Learn Python the Hard Way enough. It's clear, succinct, and has numerous exercises. It's definitely not an in-depth book, but to teach yourself the basics, with lots of exercises, for free, it's the best way I found. http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/

for C- while the author of the above has a book for c, i prefer jumping into C++. I am currently making my way through it and am quite satisfied.
You are welcome,diceus

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